Sun-kissed Mill Lane on a balmy Saturday,the sound of merry diners and drinkersfills the somnolent city air.On the terra firma which my feet tread todaybarges used to bring iron and later coal:tough workers travelling all the way downfrom Merthyr to the then small Cardiff town.

Journeys began back in the 1790spassing the castle and then Queen Streetbut the underpass by Kingswayholds a hidden remnant of historywith a sad jigsaw piece of a great canal.Now just ugly concrete covers Mill Laneand old photographs...are all that remain.